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Hey gang,I've made 4 zines so far and they've all been made with my own drawings and photos and text, but with some images I cut out of magazines I came across, a common practice from what I see.This…Continue

I need to print a bunch of mini zines (1 double-sided sheet of paper each) and I'm doing test-prints at home before bringing it to a print shop, but I can't get it to work properly; either I print it…Continue

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"Most zine people just flat out steal other peoples work with nary a care in the world.Don't sweat it.I've done punk art for benefit gigs for battered womens shelters,and people steal the design and sell it at death metal shows.It sucks,but…"

"Like I said, there's no name or way to find the creators, especially of the simple quotes/ phrases with simple backgrounds that are just circulating the wide web. There are a few drawings I like that I've contacted the creators about using…"

"Technically if the owners of the copyright on the images find you they can fine you for the use, or you'll get a letter from a lawyer asking for proof of items destroyed (I ran afoul of that once, not fun getting that letter) so I'd be…"

"Perhaps you could include one of those 'all efforts have been made to find copyright owners of works used...' preambles in your zine, and welcome copyright owners to approach you. I think this will suggest that you're interested in…"

Hey gang,I've made 4 zines so far and they've all been made with my own drawings and photos and text, but with some images I cut out of magazines I came across, a common practice from what I see.This time I found a whole bunch of images (mostly 1-liners or quotes with very simple backgrounds) and a few drawings/ images, from authors I can't locate (no info leading to the creator) on facebook and on random sites, that I want to use for my new zine but I'm worried about copyright infringment. I…See More

"It sounds like the scanner is pushing it over.
Remember you can put the document onto a flash drive and take the flash drive in to the printer and they can do it at their end. This would bypass your scanner entirely.
Mini-zines/mini-comics…"

"Is your scanning program set to the right paper size? Maybe it's set to A4 instead of letter or vice-versa. Scanning software also often gives the option to adjust the size with a crop box. If you scanned them as image files you could also crop…"

I need to print a bunch of mini zines (1 double-sided sheet of paper each) and I'm doing test-prints at home before bringing it to a print shop, but I can't get it to work properly; either I print it to the edge and have to hand-(re)draw the top and side edge, or I have it print it a bit smaller and completely, but not aligned with the back side because the program leaves a small blank space on one side.This zine was created on a normal piece of paper and scanned, so I don't see what the…See More

"Just got my first zine printed! It's called Eating Trash and Loving It: A zine on the pleasures of eating cheap and living well. The main chapter focuses on dumpster diving, plus a tips chapter on how to eat well but cheap and a chapter on…"